Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#328

328. Father of Mercies, in Your Word

1. Father of mercies, in your Word
What endless glory shine!
Forever be your name adored
For these celestial lines.

2. Here may the lost and hungry come,
And light and food receive;
Here shall the lowest guest have room,
And taste, and see, and live.

3. Here springs of consolation rise
To cheer the fainting mind,
And thirsty souls receive supplies,
And sweet refreshment find.

4. Divine Instructor, gracious Lord,
Please be forever near,
Teach me to love your sacred Word,
And view my Savior there.

Text Information

• First Line: Father of mercies, in your Word
• Title: Father of Mercies, in Your Word
• Author: Anne Steele (1760)
• Meter: 8.6.8.6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  2 Timothy 3:16-17
• Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 24
• Notes: Text by English poet Anne Steele, from Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, Vol. 1 (1760).

Tune Information

• Name: GRÄFENBERG
• Composer: Johann Crüger (1653)
• Meter: 8.6.8.6
• Incipit: 16512 332
• Key: F Major or modal
• Notes: Tune Gräfenberg by Johann Crüger, from Praxis Pietatis Melica, 5th Ed. (1653), arr. as in the American Lutheran Hymnal (1930), alt.